#been using Librewolf again for months
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dizzyluc · 7 months ago
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Now's the time to switch browsers
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If you want to continue using adblock, now's the time to finally switch browsers. Google is now going to take off adblockers on their extension store, to make it much more difficult use adblockers on chromium browsers. (so anything that uses chromium pretty much is at risk) You can still download the extension (uBlock at least) manually via github but, because chromium is switching to Manifest V3, it will make using adblockers harder as well (for now at least) and even uBlock recommends switching to browsers like Firefox (I use Librewolf personally, most the time as it's the least tracking browser I know... although I have to switch to FF sometimes due to like 1% of web pages not loading right for some reason) The main reason to switch to something like Firefox is due to it being ran by Gecko, NOT Chromium. (and it's open sourced, which is why there are other browsers like Librewolf, Waterfox, and a few others) I'd say Firefox is fine to use if you mess with settings or find a setting file that removes the tracking they recently added the past few months. (that is CURRENTLY toggleable... have to wait if that will be removed) But yeah, if even something like the FBI is recommending to use adblock, and Google is trying to make that an impossibility... you know something is wrong. (as I believe I remember hearing, even having an ad be loaded on a website, can cause a virus? Don't quote me on that, never happened to me as I safely browse the web due to uBlock, but just making this post as an internet safety awareness post)
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